DataColumn.Ordinal Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Data

Assembly:

System.Data.Common.dll

Source:

DataColumn.cs

Gets the (zero-based) position of the column in the DataColumnCollection collection.

public:
 property int Ordinal { int get(); };

[System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)]
public int Ordinal { get; }

[<System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)>]
member this.Ordinal : int

Public ReadOnly Property Ordinal As Integer

Property Value

Int32

The position of the column. Gets -1 if the column is not a member of a collection.

Attributes

BrowsableAttribute

Examples

The following example returns the column name, ordinal, and data type of a column.

private void PrintColumnDetails(DataColumn column)
{
    // Print the Ordinal, ColumnName, and
    // DataType of the column.
    Console.WriteLine(column.Ordinal);
    Console.WriteLine(column.ColumnName);
    Console.WriteLine(column.DataType);
}

Private Sub PrintColumnDetails(ByVal column As DataColumn)
    ' Print the Ordinal, ColumnName, and 
    ' DataType of the column.
    Console.WriteLine(column.Ordinal)
    Console.WriteLine(column.ColumnName)
    Console.WriteLine(column.DataType)
End Sub

See also

• Using DataSets in ADO.NET